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by faisalsamerrai
Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:10 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: US equivalent bachelor's degree/Teaching License
Replies: 9
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Re: US equivalent bachelor's degree/Teaching License

So do I have to transfer the credits earned from CLEP exams to a university in order to be counted as actual university credits? Or is it enough just to take CLEP exams and evaluate that alongside with my bachelors degree?
If I do any coursework or exams (not from a uni) that will get me semester credits, do I have to transfer those credits to a uni in order for them to be counted as actual semester credits?

In case of uni of people, if I take 13 courses, that will give 39 credits in less than a year. But the thing is that, from my transferred credits to uni of people, only if 90 credits got transferred (90+39=129) will make it equivalent to a US bachelors. But most probably lets say only 70 credits will be transferred, so i’ll need 50+ credits to get a total of 120+ credits. Right?
by faisalsamerrai
Sun Sep 27, 2020 1:27 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: US equivalent bachelor's degree/Teaching License
Replies: 9
Views: 9921

Re: US equivalent bachelor's degree/Teaching License

Thank you for the valuable information.

@PsyGuy the whole idea got clear after what you have said, but I still have some questions in regard to the options you mentioned.
N.B: I have not included my senior/secondary school transcripts.
1. So I could search for a US accredited institution, check the courses they give for biochemistry and count their total semester credit hours and compare it to my earned semester credits, and if they are equivalent, I can contact them and request a transcript/letter that I have an equivalent to a bachelors degree from them. Right?
2. Will studying any course (even if not related to biochemistry) or even if I study one year of a new major, be added to my original 94 semester credit hours?
3. A friend of mine has recommended "University of the People" do you think studying there just to get the required 26 semester credits is worth it?

@chemteacher101 I have got my degree from Lebanon (the country), do you think it's worth a try to evaluate my transcripts via WES?
by faisalsamerrai
Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:24 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: US equivalent bachelor's degree/Teaching License
Replies: 9
Views: 9921

US equivalent bachelor's degree/Teaching License

Hello,
I'm really lost right now and need your advice.
I have got my bachelor's degree in Biochemistry after studying 3 years beyond 12 years of elementary-secondary education.
I had my transcripts evaluated by SpanTran and their reply was *Recommended US equivalency: completion of three years (94 semester credit hours) of undergraduate study of biochemistry at a regionally-accredited institution of higher education*
From what I have seen, a bachelor's degree of biochemistry in the US takes 4 years.
The question is that, is the problem of my bachelors not being equivalent to a US bachelors only because of the study years (being 3 instead of 4) or are there other problems to consider?
The main reason I want my bachelors to be US equivalent is because I'm willing to take TeachNow program, do Praxis tests and apply for a US teaching license.

Thank you!